- I had a feeling that my Melolontha melolontha might hatch this morning, so I came in at the crack of dawn, and there they were, lined up at the door.  
- What, your Melolontha melolontha?
- No. The Woodchucks.
Melolontha melolontha 大栗鳃角金龟
at the crack of dawn 【习语】天刚亮 at the earliest light of the day
woodchuck 土拨鼠
dawn是指早上的晨曦，crack则是裂缝的意思，at the crack of dawn也就是“破晓”了。
这集开场一段对话就已经蛮好笑的了，Hodgins说感到他养的“大栗鳃角金龟”（这玩意儿的名字还是叠词……）要产卵了，一大早就跑来看，结果看到她们排在门前。这话说得太跳跃，再一次让Brennan迷茫了，说你的金龟子在门口排着队？！OTZ结果Hodgins的回答更搞，说是“土拨鼠”刚！其实是叫做“土拨鼠”的女童子军啦~~

Apparently, you're their role model.
role model 榜样

These ladies- they are pros.
pro 专业人员
Totally. 那群小姑娘真能干！

Perhaps you should throw them a bone. Not literally. Metaphorically.
throw them a bone 给点小恩小惠
Cam作为boss果然了解Brennan啊，当下就跟她说不要字面去理解“扔骨头”的意思，这只是一个比喻，因为Brennan的确有这毛病哈~~那么扔给某人一根骨头作为俚语是什么意思呢？如果扔给一只饿狗一根光溜溜的骨头，它当然会很开心，但却不会填饱肚子。那么throw someone a bone就是给人一点儿表面上的小恩小惠，也就是让人家面子上好看，心理上好过，没什么实质的好处的。

Boo! But we helped! 
boo 嘘声，喝倒彩
在选秀节目上经常听到的声音，评委一说选手哪里不好就会有观众在底下Boo！！！

- But if I were going to combine human and animal DNA with an eye toward creating a super soldier, I'd go with a flatworm.  
- Why?  
- Self-regeneration, obviously.  
- People! Let's break this down as though we aren't in a comic book.
break down 放弃，免谈
Brennan真囧，说如果要她选个动物来制造超级战士的话，她就选扁形虫，因为能自我繁殖。然后一群人聊得特热火，Cam提醒大家说好较咱不是漫画人物，当领导真不容易哇~~


Getting a hit off of Angela's chicken man picture. 
hit off 描摹画

- Wow. Is Angela good, or is she good?  
- Those are the same question. 
这两句对话很有意思，Booth感叹说Angela真能干，用了一个选择疑问句，但是两个分句都是同一个问题，闹得Brennan再次困惑。试想一下当你让人选择，两个选项又都是一样的时候，可不就是反复强调的意味了么？这个说法在口语里面也蛮多见的哦，挺好玩的。


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